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associationmembers_1913_manu.jpg
Handwritten list of all 90 members of the Free Public Library Association of Tenafly in 1913.

associationletter_1913 2.jpg
Letter from officers of the Tenafly Free Library Association announcing results of Library operations for year ending May 1913. Accounting of the status of the library including income, number of books owned and borrowed and number of borrowers.

certificateofincorporation_1911.pdf
Copy of Certificate of Incorporation for the Free Public Library Association of Tenafly. Handwritten on the back of the document: "Recorded in Hackensack, Nov. 1911", "Recorded in Trenton, Dec 7, 1911"

electionletter_1919.pdf
Letter written by the Free Public Library Association of Tenafly to encourage Tenafly residents to vote for public funding of the library in Tenafly.

counciljottings.jpg
Appeared in the March 14, 1963 edition of the Press Journal and is an account of the differences of opinion between Library Board President Edward S. Travers and the Mayor and Council regarding the scheduling of events in the McCandless Room…

libraryentrance_01_1970.jpg
Looking straight toward the entrance to the library. Tenafly Borough Hall (not in photo) is to the left.

childrensbooks1963.jpg
Mother and two young children scan the book shelves for some books.

In the background, arched windows are visible. This area is the location of the Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery which was built in 2000-2001.

viewoftenafly1963.jpg
An unobstructed view of downtown Tenafly, NJ from the lounge area of the library. The arched windows that look out into town no longer remain but are the location of the entrance to the Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery which was built in 2000-2001

libraryback_1963.jpg
The library moved into space in the Tenafly Municipal Complex in 1963.

constructionednakartgallery.jpg
This image shows the steel beam construction or the Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery, 2000-2001. This section of the library was built behind an area known as the lounge. The lounge had two sets of arched windows which became the entrance into the Art…
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